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Happy New Year! One of my favorite days of the year is the day after the winter solstice because starting that day, every day is a few minutes longer than the one before. So already today, January 4, is eight minutes longer than Dec. 21. And Feb. 4 will be an hour and...
January Conference PD Week
To kick off this semester, CIE is offering ten professional development workshops this week to help you get ready for spring semester. From card sort activities to creating a sense of belonging in the Zoom classroom to the power of reflection and feedback to unlocking...
Get into the Nitty-Gritty with Experiential Learning
The Experiential Learning Institute (ELI) loves getting into the nitty-gritty of teaching and learning. In addition to offering resources like mentorship and grant funding for projects, ELI works with faculty and staff to reimagine experiences, activities and...
Study Abroad News
“The ultimate ignorance is the rejection of something you know nothing about and refuse to investigate.” Dr. Wayne Dyer Unfortunately, we have witnessed an extraordinary amount of ignorance this year, as each week provides us with another tin-hat...
Try Flipgrid: An EASY & FREE Video Discussion Platform
Flipgrid is a free, user-friendly, and ADA-compliant platform for creating video-based discussions. Popular among K-12 teachers, Flipgrid is gaining traction in higher education because of its ease of use and the demand to create interactive and engaging online...
#RUMoodleReady?
MOODLE 3.9: Our team finished testing Moodle version 3.9 in early December and the new version will be installed on December 24. Version 3.9 is very similar to our current version of Moodle and you should notice only a few differences between the two versions. The...
Creators Not Consumers: Encouraging Student Agency in Tough Times
As we hit a wall the 9-month mark of the Zoomification of the classroom, I have been reflecting on Marshall McLuhan’s prescient declaration: ‘the medium is the message.’* Writing in the sixties, McLuhan was concerned primarily with the visual broadcast (one-way)...
Look at These Numbers
Instructors at NMC all know that we would be doomed without our amazing support team in the Educational Technologies department--especially since last March. They have answered all of our questions, walked us through new technologies, sympathized when we have felt we...
“The news is all biased. None of it can be trusted.”
TL;DR (too long; didn’t read) - New research shows that the college classroom is a high-impact context for developing students’ attitudes, habits and literacy when it comes to engaging with news media, and that college faculty are uniquely positioned to influence...
Moodle News and Important Dates
As we prepare to welcome winter and race towards the conclusion of this unique fall semester, please make note of the following NMC-related Moodle news and calendar dates: NMC MOODLE NEWS: The Ed Tech team is excited to share the following Moodle updates/changes we...